What's for dinner tonight?

Right- I ended up roasting the chicken the Janefs proposed it and I must say that it was delicious. A friend of mine came to dinner (he will probably read this, he's a lurker) and was very pleased. Thanks Janef and all the others for inspiring advice.

I tried making 'Venison in Theakston's Old Peculier with Sticky Shallots and Garlic' last week (using stewing steak instead of venison) with a Mustard mash. Turned out very well. And Elephant Tesco even stock the dried forest mushrooms (shock horror!). (But tinned cherry tomatoes are a bugger to find anywhere - Marylebone Waitrose don't have them.)

You'll pass my pheasant before you pass Ashby's. And anyway, they're out of season now, so all he can offer you is a frozen one. (Whereas the one that's hanging outside my house will be, errrr...)

>>>'Venison in Theakston's Old Peculier with Sticky Shallots and Garlic' last week (using stewing steak instead of venison) with a Mustard mash.

Actually it is not Mustard mash, but pommes dauphinois. Same ingredients, different method of construction! Or at least it was in the magazine version - and Waitrose is the best place to find the ingredients!